The job market for coding-school graduates may be stronger than that for English majors or lawyers. It’s just not as strong as some of the hype might lead you to believe.

A new survey of 432 recent graduates from 48 intensive programming boot camps finds that 63% of graduates who attended the courses are full-time, salaried programmers. (Another 12% say they’re working full-time in jobs that require their new skills.)

That compares with a 57% rate of full-time job placement for last year’s law-school grads, according to figures released by the American Bar Association.

The coding survey was conducted by Course Report, a website that catalogs the myriad coding courses available to tech-inclined individuals. The site derives revenue in part by serving as a lead generator, directing students to sponsored programs.

Some coding schools, such as App Academy and Flatiron School, boast near-perfect job placement rates. In fact, most of the ones you hear about in the news do. So Adam Lovallo, cofounder of Course Report, says he expected his survey to have similarly results. The reality, he says, is that schools that have gotten the most attention are “the Harvard or the Princeton of the space,” and those with less impeccable records haven’t been in the spotlight as much—but certainly do exist.

No outside regulator tracks outcomes, so there’s little agreement on the definition of, say, “employed,” and some schools count toward that figure graduates who are working in unpaid apprenticeships or short-term, contract jobs.

According to the survey, typical coding students are white (63%), male (62%) college graduates. (While coding jobs don’t require a college degree, it seems that most people who pursue the field have one anyway. Seventy-one percent of respondents had a bachelor’s degree, and another 15% had a master’s degree.)

Average students are 29 years old and have 6.3 years of work experience but none in programming. A hefty 17% report being unemployed before starting the boot camps.

The programs are pricey, averaging $10,267. But the potential salary jump quickly dwarfs that initial outlay: Annual salaries increased an average of 44% for respondents, to $75,965 from $52,809. For those who got full-time jobs after school, salaries rose to $80,607 from $55,837.

One interesting finding from the survey was that while coding boot camps are skewed male, they’re not as lopsided as traditional computer science degree programs and could serve as an avenue to even out the gender imbalancein the tech sector.

Still, some companies aren’t leaving new hires’ skills to chance. Rackspace Hosting Inc., for example, created its own boot camp for entry-level technicians, hiring a big chunk of those who complete the rigorous program.

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